Scholars chart path to national progress

Provost, Micheal Otedola College of Primary Education, Noforija-Epe, Prof Olu Akeusola, has said priority should be laid on moral education in schools’ curricula. This, to Akeusola, would save the country from moral decadence,

Said Akeusola: “Education has been seen as a medium through which enlightenment is achieved, therefore the curriculum of our schools should emphasise moral education in the different subjects taught in the schools, these include Religious Studies, Civic Education, Social Studies, Moral Instruction and also extra-curricular activities should advocate moral discipline through songs, drama, poetry and arts.leaders in different spheres of the society should lead by example and display high level of moral integrity.”

Akeusola, who spoke in Lagos, alongside other academics, made the recommendation at a public seminar tagged Character and Values In National Peace and Progress, organised by the Rosicrucian Order, AMORC, Lagos Zone.

He listed trustworthiness, respect for others, sense of responsibility, fairness, care, performing civic duties as some of traits needed to foster peace and progress in Nigeria.

In his speech, Alagba Oladipo Yemitan, who chaired the event, said the loss of Omoluwabi (good character) in us accounted for the “bereftness of dignity and pride in ourselves and our country”

“The concept, virtues and values of an Omoluwabi need to be recharged and embraced by us in this country so we can be peaceful, lawful and progressive the way we should. We certainly need to revisit and re-invent it,” he stated.

Other scholars at the event included: professors Femi Otubanjo, and Issac Alaba, consultants in politics and culture and language and Head, Department of Philosophy, University of Lagos, Prof Friday Ndubuisi.

Addressing journalists earlier, the Grand Administrator and Director, Supreme Board of Amorc, Dr Kenneth Idiodi, stressed that there was a grave disconnect between Nigerians and their conscience.

“There must be an established link between the inner and outside selves for personal consciousness to bring about transformation agenda,” Idiodi further posited.